Thinking Out Loud

Have
you ever wondered, where do we find love? Whenever I see a couple of lovers,
whether it’s on the street, holding hands, walking side by side, laughing at
each other’s jokes; I’ve been wondering, how did they fall in love in the first
place? How did they meet? How did they know each other? How did they find each
other? Have you ever wondered the same? Apparently it’s not us who find love;
it’s love that finds us. Yes it always finds its way. It comes to us, and when
it’s too hard to hold it back, just say it out. It’s alright to think out loud,
because it’s love. Apparently it’s the left unsaid words that stand tall
between two people who belong to each other. So if you’re in love, say it out
loud, we don’t have forever. Never hesitate to fall hard in love and think out
loud about it, because words could be the light to help love finds us; It’s Okay, This Is Love.

“And,
darling, I will be loving you ‘til we’re 70, and, baby, my heart could still
fall as hard at 23. And I’m thinking ‘bout how people fall in love in
mysterious ways, maybe just the touch of a hand. Well, me, I fall in love with
you every single day, and I just wanna tell you I am.” –Ed Sheeran, Thinking Out Loud

I
rarely being hooked with certain Western songs nowadays. Yet this one song had
successfully caught me in since the first time I heard it. Well, it must be
special, right? It’s a song titled “Thinking Out Loud”. Performed by English
singer-songwriter, Ed Sheeran, the song was released digitally on June 18th 2014
and physically on September 24th 2014. It served as the third promotional
single from Sheeran’s second studio album, titled “x” (pronounced as
“multiply”), which was released on June 20th 2014. “Thinking Out Loud” gained a
commercial success, peaked number one in UK charts, giving Sheeran his second
UK number-one single after “Sing”. It became Sheeran’s highest charting US
single to date, peaking at number two on the Billboard Hot 100. Well this makes sense, because the song written
by Sheeran along with Amy Wadge has a very beautiful melody and lyrics.

"Thinking Out Loud" single cover - source: en.wikipedia.org

“Thinking
Out Loud” is a song about a man’s love confession. As Sheeran said about his
own song, it’s an walking-down-the-aisle-for-a-wedding kind of song. When
people fall in love, they often wonder about the future; what will it bring for
the feeling? Will the love stay the same even though we’re getting older each
days? Now or later, no matter what’s coming, we hope that person will feel the
same. And now, we speak up our thought and feeling out loud. “When your legs don’t work like they used to
before, and I can’t sweep you off of your feet. Will your mouth still remember
the taste of my love? Will your eyes still smile from your cheeks?” When
people fall in love, the feeling will take them up in the air. It feels like it
will last forever, because we know that we fall in love with that person all
over again in every single day. Even though we’re growing old, the soul is
never. Even though memories are fading, the love is never. “‘Cause honey your soul could never grow old, it’s evergreen. And,
baby, your smile’s forever in my mind and memory. I’m thinking ‘bout how people
fall in love in mysterious ways, maybe it’s all part of a plan. Well, I’ll just
keep on making the same mistakes, hoping that you’ll understand.” People
fall in love in mysterious ways, even by the smallest thing we ever could
imagine, in every possible way. And after all, love is the home; a place to
return to. And here we are, where the love found us. In the arms of the beloved
ones, under the light of the stars, as we listen to the beating heart, that’s
where the love is. “Now take me into your
loving arms, kiss me under the light of a thousand stars, place your head on my
beating heart. I’m thinking out loud, that maybe we found love right where we
are.”

Ed Sheeran and Brittany Cherry in "Thinking Out Loud" music video

A
music video for “Thinking Out Loud” was premiered on October 7th 2014. It
featured a very lovely ballroom couple dance, portrayed by Sheeran himself with
Brittany Cherry, a ballroom dancer, who was also a contestant of So You Think You Can Dance season 10.
The dancing choreography was created by Nappytabs. Before shooting for the
video, Sheeran did a excessive training with help from Cherry herself and also
dancer Paul Karmiryan. The music video is so wonderful. It goes perfectly
gorgeous with the romantic ballad song. We can see that Sheeran had worked so
hard to make the miracle worked. Not only the song itself is beyond beautiful
–with the soul blues melody and slow-jam rhythm, and not to mention the poetic
heart-melting lyrics– but also the video has the power to draw people in.
“Thinking Out Loud” will definitely be a classic in the future, yes, it’s that
kind of a song.

“When
my hair’s all but gone and my memory fades, and the crowds don’t remember my
name; when my hands don’t play the strings the same way, I know you will still
love me the same.” –Ed Sheeran, Thinking
Out Loud

“When
your legs don’t work like they used to before, and I can’t sweep you off of
your feet

Will
your mouth still remember the taste of my love? Will your eyes still smile from
your cheeks?

And,
darling, I will be loving you ‘til we’re 70, and, baby, my heart could still
fall as hard at 23

And
I’m thinking ‘bout how people fall in love in mysterious ways, maybe just the
touch of a hand

Well,
me, I fall in love with you every single day, and I just wanna tell you I am

So
honey, now take me into your loving arms, kiss me under the light of a thousand
stars

Place
your head on my beating heart, I’m thinking out loud

That
maybe we found love right where we are

When
my hair’s all but gone and my memory fades, and the crowds don’t remember my
name

When
my hands don’t play the strings the same way, I know you will still love me the
same